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Lasting Female Educational Leadership

Part of the Studies in Educational Leadership Book Series (volume 18)

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5019-7

ISBN: 978-94-007-5018-0

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jul 6, 2012

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Leadership Legacies: Immortal Higher Education Leadership

Hills, Laura

Pages: 1 –13

[My favorite research topics are those that occur to me when I’m not looking for them. A few years ago, I had just such a research epiphany that ultimately led me to the topic of this monograph. This is my story.]
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Why Legacy Matters More in Midlife

Hills, Laura

Pages: 15 –26

[Leaving a legacy matters more to us when we are in midlife than it does at any other life point, and for good reason. Midlife is the time when we are most likely to be concerned about the well-being of future generations and to be involved in various life projects aimed at generating a positive...
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The Case Study

Hills, Laura

Pages: 27 –33

[The use of qualitative methods in research can be, as Patton (2002) aptly put it, “quite controversial” (p. 571). The controversy stems in large part from the long-standing debate among scholars over how best to study and understand the world. I believe that the debate is motivated by good...
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Characteristics that Influence Leadership Legacies

Hills, Laura

Pages: 35 –91

[The purpose of my descriptive case study was to understand the nature, antecedents, and support of generativity in the leadership of female higher education leaders in midlife. I conducted this study to fill the need for research about generativity in leadership and particularly, among the women...
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Developing Generative Higher Education Leaders

Hills, Laura

Pages: 93 –126

[My multiple case study provided me with a lens into the nature, antecedents, and support of generativity in the leadership of female higher leaders in midlife. It examined intended leadership legacies, the reasons female higher education leaders believe that they are motivated to leave...
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Tools for Crafting a Leader’s Higher Education Leadership Legacy

Hills, Laura

Pages: 127 –146

[By this point, I hope that my research study and its findings have motivated you to become a legacy thinker. Specifically, that would mean that you would want to:]

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